Tlacuezoa (MH709r)

Tlacuezoa (MH709r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlacuezoa (perhaps “He Causes Trouble”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a person stretched out, lying on the ground on his stomach. He wears only a loincloth. His head is in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. His visible eye is closed, which may mean he is deceased. So, perhaps this is someone who had died in a riot.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The name appears to be a verb, but it does not appear in the available dictionaries. For glyphs that point to a deceased individual (micqui) or someone who has been buried with dirt (motlalpacho), see below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Death, decay, decomposition

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Nudity

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

tan

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

horizontal

facing right

Keywords:

cuerpos, muertos, estirados, tumultos, cuenteros, cuentos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlacuezoani, storyteller, talker, or perhaps tumult leader, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuezoani
tlacuezoliz(tli), tumult, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuezoliztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Causa Problemas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 709r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=496&st=image.

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Orthography:

"ç" for z or tz

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: